wall in
phrasal verb
walled in; walling in; walls in
: to surround (something) with a wall or with something that is like a wall
The school grounds are walled in.
They walled the garden in with rows of thick shrubs.
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Cease’s only truly bad pitch might have been a hung slider in the fifth inning, which Anthony Santander lined over the tall wall in right field for a two-run homer.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
This command post is basically three desks, a conference table and four big TVs on the wall in a building near the courthouse.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
There’s now a fresh coat of paint on the choose marker, after Ryan Preece sustained a choose cone penalty during the Open and placed a cone on pit wall in frustration.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025
However, Bobby Bonilla led off the bottom of the seventh by crushing a ball over the wall in right-center field.
—Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 18 May 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
This command post is basically three desks, a conference table and four big TVs on the wall in a building near the courthouse.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
There’s now a fresh coat of paint on the choose marker, after Ryan Preece sustained a choose cone penalty during the Open and placed a cone on pit wall in frustration.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025
However, Bobby Bonilla led off the bottom of the seventh by crushing a ball over the wall in right-center field.
—Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 18 May 2025
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“Wall in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20in. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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